Talk:The Parable of the Old Man and the Young

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"It is mainly the power of this image, set out in the poem and culminating in the last two lines, that makes it one of the best war poems ever written." I'm pretty sure that's POV. Not that I disagree, but does that kind of judgement call belong in an encyclopaedia?

The poem is called 'The parable of the Old Men and the Young'. Owen was a competent enough wordsmith that refering the Old Men (the leaders of Europe)is stronger than refering to the Old Man (Abram). The singular does not have the same implication of betrayl when taken in context.